beyond serious games: the next generation of cultural artifact

BEYOND SE&OUS GA)S: THE NEXT GENE12ON OF

CU5U1L AR2FA:

Federico FasceCreative director

!@kurai

Space

Outer Space

A GAME IS A SYSTEM CAPABLE TO GENERATE

EMOTIONS THROUGH AGENCY IN A RITUAL SPACE.

“Playful is the path to happiness.”

“With games, learning is the drug.”

Play -> Happiness

Game -> Learning

I DON’T VW XE YZ SE&OUS \)S.

QUIZZES

EDU_2ONAL `aNT bCK c A dNE&C \)

COf SIgh2ONS OF A iOjSS OR A SlLL.

PROTEUS, Ed Key, 2012

WALln SIghcR

“I didn’t play the game but I can walk in a frigging forest if I

want to why should I try to it in a computer game?”

ED KEY

SIgh2ON.

SENSoON.

RELIVE, Studio Evil, TBR

SO) “SE&OUS” \)S, pYBE?

VESPER.5, Michael Brough, 2012

MICHAEL BROUGH

INCREDIPEDE, Colin Northway, 2012

COLIN NORTHWAY

DYS4IA, Anna Anthropy, 2012

ANNA ANTHROPY

GAMER MOM, Mordechai Buckman, 2012

MORDECHAI BUCKMAN

THAT DRAGON, CANCER, Ryan + Amy Green, TBR

THE GREEN FAMILY

CART LIFE, Richard Hofmeier , 2012

RICHARD HOFMEIER

LUXURIA SUPERBIA, Tale of Tales , 2013

SUNSET, Tale of Tales , TBR

MICHAËL SAMYN + AURIEA HARVEY

THE ARTIST IS PRESENT, Pippin Barr , 2012

PIPPIN BARR

PAPO & YO, Minority Media Inc., 2012

VANDER CABALLERO

PAPERS, PLEASE, Lucas Pope, 2012

LUCAS POPE

The next step of games for impact doesn’t lie in some technological

advancement but rather, in helping people to engage with

the practice of game design.

– Paolo Pedercini

MOs tOuE pln \)S.

MOs AR2FA:.

WANT BvER “SE&OUS” \)S?

Processing

Stencyl

Game Maker Studio

Unity

ENABx ys tOuE c pW XEIR OWN t|ONAL \).

THAN~!

http://urustar.net federico@urustar.net @kurai